Syscalls pass by int64. The identifier of the called function is in eax, parameters are in ebx, ecx, edx, esi, edi. Syscall list : id=eax Name Parameters Description 0 thread_exit none Signal kernel that current thread has finished 1 schedule none Switch to next thread (might be the current one) 2 thread_sleep ebx: time (int) msecs Tell kernel to put current thread to sleep 3 process_exit ebx: return value (int) Tell kernel to end current process, cleaning up everything 4 printk ebx: addr of a string Print a message to screen If a processes wishes to exit with an error code, it HAS to use process_exit. thread_exit will do nothing.